Tying device



J. W. DOWDLE.

TYING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED nc.1o, 191a.

Patentd Aug. 10,1920.

of WDowdle I 1,349,503. v a 7 r v 1.1-, Application filed December lo,1918. ;$erial Noglteep'mi To all whom it mag concern: Be it known that I, JOHN, DowD'IJ a citizen of the United States, residing j at Mineral Springs,-in the county of Howard and State of I Arkansas, vhave invented cnew and useful Improvements in Tying Devices, ofwhichthe following is afspecifica'tion. This invention has reference to. a means whereby a package or bundle maybe quickly. and securely tied. V j a i a i The object of the invention is'to provide v a tying device so constructed that the] arrangement thereof ona bundle will not inflict injury tothe bundle, the said device having meanswhereby one end of a tying 7 cord is secured thereto and having clamping means for the end-of the cord. I

Other objects and advantages will appear 5 as the nature of the invention is betterfunQ derstood, reference being had to the accom-- panying drawings, in which: a Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating a package tied in accordance .withrthis-inv vention. I Fig. 2 is a similar view'showing another manner in which the package may be tied.

Fig. 3 is a provement. a v r In the drawings a bundle or package is indicated by the numeral 5. This bundle or package is designed to besecured in accordance with the present invention; 7 a

The improvement is preferably constructed from a singlestrand of wire but may be constructed of other resilientmateriah i j As disclosedby'the drawings,the ends of: the wire body are bent upon themselves to a provide outstanding" angularlyarranged;

eyes 6, and the eye portions'are designed to lap each other when .a tying cord 7- is, passed therethrough and the knotted end thereof contacts with one of the eyes. The, legs 88 extending from the eyes 6 are approximately centrally of their length bent f;

upon themselves as at 9 andcontmued at a a I u a the s'amedoes not contact with the bundle,-

downward angle with respect to the legs,

as indicated by the numerals 10, and from f; thence rounded and extending rearwardly as at 11, the ends of thesaidportions 11' being rounded downwardly as at 12', extended inwardly; and upwardly as at'j13, roundedas at 14: and continued in the same direction, preferably in parallelism as, in-

perspective view off the inn- 1 count of their:location, :direction of extena OHN w; nowniiiieormrnnnnil I l st amermarr e.1;: ratiiteane iiofieao;

reversely ektendingjaws-which are 7 1 broadlyimdicated"bythe characters 'A and B. .The aws A-and' B," thus formed on. ac- I 81011 and resillency, are adapted to'receive with yielding "and tying pressure, the free 7 v is held securelycby the pressure ofeach jaw outer ends rounded preferably downwardly end ofthel tying cord to securely hold the V same. .1 :fWhen, both jaws,-

and--jB, are utilized for. (tying the cords-said meansadmits i r i I i of employing SZLld COICl 1n aishort turn that.

as at 17' and fromthen'c continued. inwardly and forms a bridge which Asdgisclosedin Fig; 11 of the dr'awings, the tying cord may be brought around'thebun;

dle 5,;passed over' the 'bridgeCsbeing re a c ceivedfin the guide 18 and have the end P a thereof passedfirstthroughthejaw A and ,then through the :jaw 13; Alt is hereto be ;stated that the spring jaws, engage the cord I i with sufiicient'friction to firmly hold the a same upon thedevic'e, sothatfit is not ab-' I isolutelynecessary to pass the foord through -.-both of the'javvsL When the bundleiis to Lin thezsame' planeastheportions 16; ;;-The "I .7 outer wire members 17fiarebentupwardly Q 1 land thence downwardly, a thenceupwardly i andagain downwardly forming the center} a "of the saidbent portion with what I will terma guide118 for *tl1e.tying.cord.' The Ilateral end of the body is preferably. arched may bebroadly' v a be tiedyas illustrated in'Fig; 2 ofthedraW- transversely over and into engagement with ings, the, cord" is arranged around the bunv dley-as, above described, but is passed only through the j we. The cord is then passed .;thejaw B; -1;If desired,,the cord maybealso 1 passed through the jaw The bodypor- .tion,'.'that is, the portion of the construction provided; between the eyes and the bridge;

off'the device is preferably arched, so that anditiis'believed, from the foregoing de-f tening j is made by -a simple manipulation of ,thel hand, -the cord being, at'all times ofa isuffici nt lengthftorpermit of being applied Q r a 1,349,503

to any size package. As the cord is con tinuously used, the saving in this respect wvill, it is'thought,b,e appreciated;

Having. thus described the invention what is clalnied as new, 1s:--- 7 i 1. A device for the purpose set forth, n-

' eluding a spring-melnber -h'aving an arched V in body provide'd'at oneoi": its ,endswith an olfset eye designed to receive therein one end of. a tying cord, said body adapted to .becentrally bent upon itself to form re versely extendingspring aws to provlde a short turn frictional engagement for the '1ree end of said-cord,the second end of the body being extended laterally to provide abridge, the said bridge being arched and being centrally formed withan upstanding cord guide, as and for the purpose set forth.

'2. A package tying device constructed from a single strand of spring Wire bent 'upon itself to provide a body compnsing arched parallel strands of the said wire, said strands, at one of their ends being provided with angleeyes which lap and the said'eyes designed to receive therethrough'one end of a tying cord, the body adapted to be centrally bent upon itself to form reversely extending spring jaws, the strand of the JOHN W. DOWDLE. 

